Jonne is a mobile phone enthusiast who is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences. He has been using the newest phones out there ever since the Nokia 5110 was released. Currently his choice of smartphone OS is Windows Phone 7.5.
Nokia Lumia 800
The Nokia Lumia 800 has yet to reach Finnish borders, but this will luckily change soon enough. Major operators in Finland (DNA, Saunalahti/Elisa, Sonera) have started to push advertisements of the Lumia 800, with an estimated shipping date of February 1. Every operator mentioned before are now taking pre-orders of the Lumia 800.
Nokia N9 PR1.3 hint
We wrote yesterday that Nokia is preparing to release PR1.2 for the N9 in the very near future. Now, Director for Applications for MeeGo at Nokia has tweeted that we’ll also see PR1.3 released soon after PR1.2. When asked about the date for PR1.2, he tweeted that it could hit on the “one extra day of the next month”, meaning February 29 :)
Nokia Belle
Nokia used their Twitter account today to bring a little surprise for current Nokia Anna owners. They said that the Nokia 500 will get updated with Nokia Belle (earlier Symbian Belle) next week. Nokia has earlier told that the OTA update process will being in early February, so it does come as a little surprise to see it delivered ahead of schedule.
MeeGo users out there can soon celebrate with the release of software version dubbed PR1.2. The update has just started going out to registered N950 developers. It should take roughly a month before the final update will hit N9 owners out there.
We will be shortly releasing a developer edition of MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan 1.2 beta (feel free to crack a joke v 1.2 here) to developers with Nokia N950 Developer Device. The goal of this early access release is to enable developers to verify that their applications do not exhibit any regressions in the new platform version.
This release will be available as a one-click-flasher for Nokia N950 Developer Device. In other words, in order to participate in this beta you need to already have a Nokia N950 Developer Device.
Japanese blog Macotakara claims that Apple is preparing to announce the next generation iPad in early February. Macotakara cited sources from within Apple’s supply chain.
Apple will also use this event to release the final version of iOS 5.1. We’re expecting to see a slightly thicker case, twice bigger battery capacity, a 2,048 x 1,563-pixel HD screen, and possibly a quad-core CPU inside the iPad 3. A few more weeks to the alleged announcement.
iOS Facebook integration
iMore has found evidence of a deep Facebook integration coming into iOS. Apple added Twitter support in iOS 5, so it is great to see that we could see Facebook in the next major version of iOS.
Twitter user @jackoplane is the one who found code indicating the Facebook integration in the iPad version of iOS 5.1 beta 3. It remains to be seen if it will actually be added in iOS 5.1, or if Apple will save it for a future version.
As our frequent readers will know, I’ve been in student exchange in Bangkok, Thailand for the past five months. This period in my life has now come to an end, and I’m going back to Finland. I’m currently at the International Airport in Bangkok, waiting for my flight back to Finland. After roughly 11 hours on a plane, I’ll continue my journey for another 5 hours by car to Vaasa.
I’ll be back in FULL force on Wednesday. Those of you who read this site before my exchange will remember that I tried to post up to 10 posts every day, obviously depending on the happenings in the mobile world. I’m happy to say that this same pace will continue now when I’m back in Finland! Thank you for staying with me through this time-wise ‘difficult’ time.
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Nokia is really doing a good job with advertising their new Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 900. Above you see yet another Lumia 900 ad, which this time around focuses on the awesome design. Check it out!
Celebrating the shape and design of Nokia Lumia 900 http://nokia.ly/yKUltq
Made of a single piece of polycarbonate, Nokia Lumia 900 has a 4.3″ AMOLED ClearBlack glass touchscreen. The phone has an 8 MP main camera with Carl Zeiss optics, and a 1 MP front camera, making it great for video calling.
Nokia has just uploaded a new “Introducing Nokia Lumia 900″ video on their official YouTube channel. Check out how cool this new device with Windows Phone is!
Meet the new Nokia Lumia 900 http://nokia.ly/yKZpKw Find out how fast amazing can be. And social. And beautiful. Keeping in touch with friends, and the entire Internet, has never been so easy. Experience The Amazing Everyday.
Check out the press conference where Nokia, AT&T, and Microsoft announced the Nokia Lumia 900. The video is the official one edited by Nokia. Enjoy!
